In this special 2014 issue of JAIDS, international investigator teams review a host of
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that are often reported among people living and aging …

Health literacy is known to affect vulnerable communities such as persons living with
HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this review was to provide a current summary of research on the …

Learning is the foundation of the human experience. It begins at birth and never stops, a
continuous and malleable link across life stages of human development. Disparities in …

Background Neuropsychiatric disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide,
accounting for 22.7% of all years lived with disability. Despite this global burden, fewer than …

Objectives Shared decision-making (SDM) in health care is widely encouraged. However,
for SDM to occur patients need to be able to obtain, understand and apply medical …

Objective To identify correlates of self-care behaviors among elderly, low-income Korean
women with hypertension. Research Design A secondary analysis of data from a community …

Objective Previous reviews on participants' comprehension of informed consent information
have focused on developed countries. Experience has shown that ethical standards …

Objective: to analyze knowledge produced by research about health literacy for adult with
HIV/Aids. Method: an integrative literature review, using six databases, was conducted …

Introduction Residents of Zambézia Province, Mozambique live from rural subsistence
farming and fishing. The 2009 provincial HIV prevalence for adults 15–49 years was 12.6 …

Empirical studies have examined the relation of health knowledge and HL. For instance,
disease-specific health knowledge in relation to HL was reported on hypertension and …